Stans 02 Avalanche maintenance

[Grumpy Bear]

 

 

[KARNUT]

Figured since I had a recent photo after I treated all the body armor.  I post a picture. She’s been a gem. Driving it more often still amounts to about 18 miles a day. Had a little twinge of it’s time for something else. One ride in a knowing what you got ride quickly silent the thought. It was fun in the past when I was younger. After so many it’s been gently driven lies, this one is staying.

Edited May 25, 2023 by KARNUT

[KARNUT]

As I stated yesterday the AC warmed a little. I bought a 40$ can of R-134 fill with a low side gauge. My compressor was still cycling so filling was a breeze. The can instructions were very informative. Putting the gauge on the money. My 18 mile round trip was very pleasant. If it leaks out quick dye will go in. Then I will decide if I want to address it or I’ll be able to point and say change that. 

[KARNUT]

The AC is still freezing my gonads off. I love this truck. 

[KARNUT]

Oil change and inspection at the Valvoline Instant Oil Change location. 181845. 

[KARNUT]

You’re not going to believe this. Especially since I’ve made it clear I like performance. Even the odyssey performs surprisingly well. Going on 4 years with the Avalanche. I don’t get on it. With 373 gears she should run pretty good. It’s got over 180K miles, I’m just chicken. Well someone was pushing my button yesterday tailgating me. They still haven’t raised the speed limit on the road they’d been working on. It’s done nice smooth and pretty. Put it back to 60. So I’m doing 50 a guy is on me. We get to a red light no one is coming towards us he’s going to bolt to pass on green. I just feel it. Racer Stan is engaged. Bring her up on the converter, green nail it. She spins a little snaps off second gear, gone. Ease back to 50, mission accomplished. And the rods aren’t knocking oil pressure is good. And the guy got the message. I wonder how she’ll sound this morning?

[KARNUT]

Observation with the last oil change. This time with Valvoline high mileage max life. With an oil change my oil pressure goes higher at around 3K it starts dropping. Enough to notice not too low. With max life it’s higher. It will be interesting to see how much it drops around 3K miles. I usually change shortly after.

[KARNUT]

The low coolant light came on today. It does it about 3 times a year. This month Im at 4 years with this Avalanche. No visible water in oil or leaks. My younger self would be frantically looking for the cause. My last hot rod truck cured me of that. The stroked blown monster it was. Went 12 years using 1qt every 500 miles with no smoking. Performance cats probably helped with that. Both trucks were for my pleasure only. Proving to me sometimes chasing perfection can be a waste of time. I wish I’d learned that many years ago. 

Edited February 15, 2024 by KARNUT

[garagerog]

6 hours ago, KARNUT said:

 Proving to me sometimes chasing perfection can be a waste of time. I wish I’d learned that many years ago. 

In my case, arthritis forced that lesson on me. If not for that I would probably would still be my ****** and OCD do it yourself-er. On a related note, as the proverbial roll of toilet paper gets closer to the end, I find I have less and less patience for things or people that waste my time.

[garagerog]

6 minutes ago, garagerog said:

In my case, arthritis forced that lesson on me. If not for that I would probably would still be my ****** and OCD do it yourself-er. On a related note, as the proverbial roll of toilet paper gets closer to the end, I find I have less and less patience for things or people that waste my time.

Wow, 6 asterisks for a 4 letter word that starts with a and ends with l and has na in between. I assume the censoring is an automatic algorithm, maybe they have started using AI that thinks a body part is a really, really bad thing!

Edited February 15, 2024 by garagerog

[KARNUT]

Took the avalanche to get washed while running errands. Lately the brakes have been getting hard and a little darty. After stopping at a light getting up to speed my driver side tire starts acting like it’s out of balance or coming off. Slowing down it stops and I get up to the speed limit. My brain goes into rewind and I realize at about the same time my 92 Chevy did the same thing. Those rubber lines running to the brakes. That’s probably it. My left and right brain sees an opportunity. Upgrade! The problem is then I’d have to deal with cylinder deactivation. Nope. 

[KARNUT]

On 5/15/2024 at 10:10 AM, KARNUT said:

Took the avalanche to get washed while running errands. Lately the brakes have been getting hard and a little darty. After stopping at a light getting up to speed my driver side tire starts acting like it’s out of balance or coming off. Slowing down it stops and I get up to the speed limit. My brain goes into rewind and I realize at about the same time my 92 Chevy did the same thing. Those rubber lines running to the brakes. That’s probably it. My left and right brain sees an opportunity. Upgrade! The problem is then I’d have to deal with cylinder deactivation. Nope. 

Vibration part two. So I go down a different route to a closer walking track. Less braking 45 mph speed limit. Round trip about 7 miles. Normal going. Coming back halfway vibrating left side. No use of brakes just driving. I fancy myself as being able to feel things and troubleshoot. I get home no heat or brake dust like my 92 did. So now it’s more of a process of eliminating. Last time I used my floor jack it broke. Good thing I shouldn’t do that mechanical stuff anymore. It just takes too long to recover. You can’t just take to any shop and say it shakes fix it, I can’t anyway. I take the responsibility. Just do this. It still could be a brake issue, I’m less sure now with no heat. Maybe an out of balance tire. Even a bad tire. I never seen them come and go. It’s there or not. I’ve seen a worn front end get unsettled by a bump. I’m going to check lug nuts next. Then to discount to check the tire. I’m in no hurry. 

[KARNUT]

2 hours ago, KARNUT said:

Vibration part two. So I go down a different route to a closer walking track. Less braking 45 mph speed limit. Round trip about 7 miles. Normal going. Coming back halfway vibrating left side. No use of brakes just driving. I fancy myself as being able to feel things and troubleshoot. I get home no heat or brake dust like my 92 did. So now it’s more of a process of eliminating. Last time I used my floor jack it broke. Good thing I shouldn’t do that mechanical stuff anymore. It just takes too long to recover. You can’t just take to any shop and say it shakes fix it, I can’t anyway. I take the responsibility. Just do this. It still could be a brake issue, I’m less sure now with no heat. Maybe an out of balance tire. Even a bad tire. I never seen them come and go. It’s there or not. I’ve seen a worn front end get unsettled by a bump. I’m going to check lug nuts next. Then to discount to check the tire. I’m in no hurry. 

People probably aren’t going to believe this but it’s true. I’m 68 and never put shocks other than air shocks on a vehicle. Going through the paperwork on my Avalanche only the back shocks have been replaced. Over the years if it wasn’t for horsepower I didn’t spend the money unless the part was absolutely wore out. After checking the tire at discount tire that’s next. Remembering back dragging brakes didn’t cause a bounce on my 92 Chevy. 

[KARNUT]

17 hours ago, KARNUT said:

People probably aren’t going to believe this but it’s true. I’m 68 and never put shocks other than air shocks on a vehicle. Going through the paperwork on my Avalanche only the back shocks have been replaced. Over the years if it wasn’t for horsepower I didn’t spend the money unless the part was absolutely wore out. After checking the tire at discount tire that’s next. Remembering back dragging brakes didn’t cause a bounce on my 92 Chevy. 

I just got off the phone with my local GMC dealer price shopping front shocks and install. I was shocked to find out they don’t work on any vehicle after 15 years old. 

[mikeeuly]

New and first time on the forum here.  I have a 2012 Chevy Avalanche and got a Crankshaft Position Sensor error, and I replaced it.  Location behind the starter just to confirm.  I also read/watched how a 2-bolt harness by harmonic balancer but mine has a 3-bolt harness which 1 bolt is behind the balancer.  Now that's the camshaft position sensor I believe.  The problem when I turn the key is that it goes weak "womp womp" then starts and runs fine.  Then the same happens but the crankshaft error is back.  When this happens its rough running, the stabilization and traction display off and RPM not moving.  I turn off, disconnect battery, then after reconnecting and start with "womp womp" but no errors.  It sounds great runs great.  I have had this process repeat a couple times.  I have no time determination as to when it works and doesn't.  Can anyone please point me in a direction.   I apologize for the horrible grammar.